Session Chair Profile
MD, Harold K. Faber Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford
Biography
David K. Stevenson has made many impactful contributions to the field of neonatology and pediatrics, including his recent studies on the causes of preterm birth and its prevention. He is Investigator for the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Stanford University. Dr. Dr. the Senior Associate Dean for Maternal & Child Health, the Co-Director of the Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute, and the Principal Stevenson has received many awards, including the Virginia Apgar Award, which is the highest award in Perinatal Pediatrics, the Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award from the Federation of Pediatric Organizations, the Jonas Salk Award for Leadership in Prematurity Prevention from the March of Dimes Foundation, and the John Howland Medal and Award, the highest award in academic pediatrics. In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Stevenson is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Linda Giudice, UCSF
Yoel Sadovsky, UPMC
Researchers have long been recognizing the uniqueness of women’s health and its substantial effect on clinical practice, acknowledging the increasing appreciation of the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to health and disease. In every organ system, there are diseases that are unique to women, more common in women than in men, or characterized by differences in disease course in women compared to men. This Track will focus on the following topics related to Women’s Health:
- PMWC 2023 Award Ceremony:
Pioneer Honoree: Marcia Stefanick, Stanford - Chronic Diseases in Women
- Marcia Stefanick, Stanford (Chronic Disease Prevention) - Marina Sirota, UCSF (Endometriosis) - Stem Cells, Preimplantation and Prenatal Genetics
Chair: Akash Kumar, MyOme, Inc. (Ploygenic risk score)
- Teresa Sparks, UCSF (Prenatal genetic diagnosis)
- Nathan Treff, Genomic Prediction (Reducing polygenic disease risk through embryo selection)
- Precision Health for Mothers and Babies
Chair: David Stevenson, U. of Stanford (Introduction: Towards Precision Health for Mothers and Babies)
- Aleks Rajkovic, UCSF (Genomics of Pregnancy Loss)
- Ivana Maric, Stanford (ML for Early Prediction)
- Nima Aghaeepour, Stanford (AI-Driven Prematurity Taxonomy)
- Precision Health for Mothers and Babies: Components of Pregnancy Health
Chair: Yoel Sadovsky, U. of Pittsburgh (Placental Health)
- Marina Sirota, UCSF (Leveraging Molecular and Clinical Data)
- Brice Gaudilliere, Stanford (Multiomic immune profiling) - Value of Early Risk Prediction, Screening & Digital Intervention in Pre-term birth Avoidance
Chair: Leslie Saltzman, Ovia Health
- Sydney Strickland, Labcorp - Reproductive Aging (PANEL)
Chair: Aleksandar Rajkovic, UCSF
- Diana Laird, UCSF
- Jennifer Garrison, Buck Institute
- Nikolina Lauc, GlycanAge
- Christian Kramme, Gameto - Achieving Equity in Precision Medicine
- Aida Habtezion, Pfizer - Sex Differences
- Noel Bairey Merz, Cedar Sinai (CV disease)
- Danit Ariel, Stanford (Transgender Health and Sex Differences)
- PMWC Showcase:
- Amrie Grammer, Ampel Bio Solutions
